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Medinipur division
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Medinipur division | |
|---|---|
 Location of Medinipur division in West Bengal | |
| Coordinates: 22°25′N 87°19′E / 22.417°N 87.317°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Headquarters | Medinipur |
| Government | |
| • Districts | Bankura, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur, Purulia |
| • DC | Avanindra Singh, IAS |
| • DIG | Anoop Jaiswal, IPS |
| Area | |
• Total | 30,280 km2 (11,690 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 18,672,669 |
| • Density | 616.7/km2 (1,597/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[1][2] |
| • Additional official | English[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | wb |
Medinipur division is one of the 5 divisions in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the westernmost division of West Bengal. Earlier it was a part of Burdwan division and was curved out from it in 2016.[3] The port city of Haldia is located in this division.
Districts
[edit]It consists of 5 districts:[4]
| Code | District | Headquarters | Established | Sub-Division | Area | Population As of 2011 | Population Density | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | Purba Medinipur | Tamluk | 2002[5] | 4,736 km2 (1,829 sq mi) | 5,094,238 | 1,076/km2 (2,790/sq mi) | .svg) | |
| ME | Paschim Medinipur | Medinipur | 2002[5] | 6,308 km2 (2,436 sq mi) | 5,943,300 | 636/km2 (1,650/sq mi) | .svg) | |
| PU | Purulia | Purulia | 1956 | 6,259 km2 (2,417 sq mi) | 2,927,965 | 468/km2 (1,210/sq mi) | .svg) | |
| BN | Bankura | Bankura | 1947 | 6,882 km2 (2,657 sq mi) | 3,596,292 | 523/km2 (1,350/sq mi) | .svg) | |
| JH | Jhargram | Jhargram | 2017[7] | 3,037.64 km2 (1,172.84 sq mi) | 1,136,548 | 374/km2 (970/sq mi) | .svg) | |
| Total | 5 | — | - | 15 | 27,223 km2 (10,511 sq mi) | 18,672,669 |
686/km2 (1,780/sq mi) |
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Demographics
[edit]Religion in Medinipur Division (2011 Indian Census)
Hindus form the majority of the population of Medinipur division and comprises 82.3% of the population. There is a significant population of various tribes in this division such as Kudmi, Santhal, Munda, etc. Muslims comprises 9.1% of the population.[8]
Notable people
[edit]- Birendranath Sasmal, independence activist, barrister, freedom fighter and politician
- Satish Chandra Samanta, freedom fighter, politician and principal leader of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar
- Sushil Kumar Dhara, freedom fighter, politician & another leader of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar
- Ajoy Mukherjee, freedom fighter, politician & former Chief Minister of West Bengal
- Serajuddin Ahmad, MLA for Midnapore
- Syed Shah Mehr Ali Alquadri Al Baghdadi (1808–1868), Sufi saint
- Sheikh Siraj Ali, politician
- Tamal Bandyopadhyay, Indian business journalist
- Syed Shamsul Bari, politician
- Rajnarayan Basu, writer and proponent of Young Bengal movement
- Anirban Bhattacharya, actor in Tollywood movies
- Khudiram Bose, one of the youngest martyrs of the Indian Independence Movement.
- Soumya Sankar Bose, Photographer
- Byomkes Chakrabarti, Linguist, writer and poet
- Ramapada Chowdhury, Bengali author and editor
- Souhardya De, orientalist and Bal Puraskar recipient
- Mahasweta Devi, writer and Magsaysay Award winner
- Nirmal Jibon Ghosh, revolutionary
- Sheikh Najmul Haque, six-term legislator
- Syed Moazzam Hossain, politician
- Sheikh Humayun Kabir, state minister
- Hemchandra Kanungo, an Indian nationalist and prime organiser of Anushilan Samiti
- Sheikh Jahangir Karim, teacher and politician
- Ghulam Faruque Khan, politician and businessman
- Selima Khatun, teacher and politician
- Abha Maiti, freedom fighter, former minister of West Bengal and Government of India
- Moulana Muhammad Momtaz, Islamic scholar and politician
- Mohiuddin Nawab, novelist, screenwriter and poet
- Tawfique Nawaz, lawyer
- Anath Bondhu Panja, freedom fighter, member of the Bengal Volunteers, martyred after successfully assassinating oppressive District magistrate Bernard E. J. Burge.
- Narayan Chandra Rana, scientist
- Suhrawardy family
- Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar, social reformer
- Khujista Akhtar Banu, writer and educationist
- Abdullah Al-Mamun Suhrawardy, Islamic scholar, barrister and academic
- Hasan Shaheed Suhrawardy, diplomat and poet
- Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Chief Minister of Bengal during British period, Prime Minister of Pakistan and founder of the Awami League
- Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy, Islamic scholar, educationist and author
- Zahid Suhrawardy, jurist
- Begum Akhtar Sulaiman, social worker and political activist
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, reformer and philanthropist, key figure of the Bengal Renaissance.
- Zamindar family of Midnapore
- Sir Abdur Rahim KCSI, President of India
- Jalaludin Abdur Rahim, diplomat and political philosopher
- Matangini Hazra, freedom fighter, martyr in Quit India Movement
- Madhusudan Jana, doctor, journalist, teacher and social worker. Founder of Nihar Press
- Basanta Kumar Das, freedom fighter, politician, member of the Constituent Assembly which helped to create the Constitution of India
- Nikunja Behari Maiti, Independence activist, politician, first Education Minister of West Bengal
- Anil Ghorai, poet, novelist and short story writer
- Mani Lal Bhaumik, Indian American physicist and an internationally bestselling author, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Anil Kumar Gain, Indian statistician and Mathematician, founder of Vidyasagar University
- Samit Bhanja, famous Indian actor
- Abha Maiti, Indian politician and lawyer, minister of state for Industry in the Morarji Desai government
- Ashok Dinda, Indian cricketer turned politician
- Suryakant Tripathi, Indian poet, novelist, essayist and writer. One of the most significant poets of Hindi literature
- Rai Sahib Bipin Bihari Sasmal, Zamindar, educationist and politician
- Phulrenu Guha, educationist and politician
- Biswanath Mukherjee, Indian politician and leader of Communist Party of India, one of the founder members of AISF
- Paresh Maity, painter and Padma Shri and awardee 2014
- Jadugopal Mukherjee, Indian politician and revolutionary, one of the leaders of Jugantar group
- Somenath Maity, Indian artist famous for urban landscape paintings
- Bhupal Chandra Panda, Indian revolutionary and politician
- Biplab Roy Chowdhury, politician
- Ashutosh Kuila, Indian revolution, freedom fighter, famously martyred during the Quit India Movement
- Suvendu Adhikari, Politician, Chief Minister, West Bengal
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Bengal to be divided into two more administrative divisions". 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008". West Bengal. National Informatics Centre, India. 19 March 2008. p. 1. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ a b Jana, Naresh (31 December 2001). "Tamluk readies for giant's partition". The Telegraph (Kolkata). Retrieved 1 September 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "We are developing Purulia as a tourism hub: Mamata Banerjee".
- ^ "Brief History of Cooch Behar". Official website of Cooch Behar District. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
- ^ Population by religious community: West Bengal. 2011 Census of India.
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